Enjoy a Book

Welcome to the Book Nook! Whatever your reading pleasure or fancy, the
Book Nook will bring you suggestions and reviews to spin off ideas for
your next book to read.

Best Books of the Year!

Whether a books is good is a personal call, but here are the best books of 2011 according to some well-known publications and critics. You'll find fiction and nonfiction selections in these lists. Any maybe you'll hook up with a good read for you!

Blue-Ribbon Books: National Book Awards 2011

Last evening, two blocks from Occupy Wall Street, authors were anxiously occupying their time at a dinner ceremony to announce the winners of the National Book Awards 2011.Jesmyn Ward’sSalvage the Bones, a 12-day account of a poor African-American family trying to weather Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi, won the National Book Award for fiction. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt took the top prize in the non-fiction category. Visit the National Book Foundation website to find out about other winners.

Running the Books

Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to officially enter the Boston Marathon (1967), was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame on October 1, 2011. She broke the gender barrier and paved the way for women in running. She still runs and today and is an award-winning television commentator. Her book, Marathon Woman, is available at the library as well as this 2011 selection Running for Women.

Food Choices: Making it Easier to be Green!

Call it being green, eco-friendly, or just plain healthy. Have a look at Food Choices , a list of books about growing or finding fresh and local foods. These books are available locally right at Liverpool Public Library. Place holds now from the list or visit the library stacks to "pick your own."